Changing my computer's name

[GWM]

Hi. I recently bought a new computer and added my full
name on of the first screens prompted. Now, when I open
files or files are sent to the Documents and Settings
folder my full name appears. It appears as the following:

C:Documents and Settings/John Doe/My Documents...

I would really like to NOT have my name, John Doe, for
example, to not be seen in this directory. Can you
please tell me how I can go about changing this issue and
resolving this problem. Can you please email a response
back at so I can follow your
directions. Thank you.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You can only do this by creating a new profile with the folder name you want
it, then copy your files and settings to the new profile. Then delete the
old one.

Copy a User Profile:

Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, and under Profiles
stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to copy, and then
click Copy To.

In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, type the location for the
new profile, or click Browse to select the path.
Click Change to open the Choose User dialog box, click a new user from the
Names list, and then click Add. The new user name will appear in Add Name.
Click OK to add the user as a new user profile on your computer.

Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to
copy user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to
Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"GWM" > wrote in message
...
> Hi. I recently bought a new computer and added my full
> name on of the first screens prompted. Now, when I open
> files or files are sent to the Documents and Settings
> folder my full name appears. It appears as the following:
>
> C:Documents and Settings/John Doe/My Documents...
>
> I would really like to NOT have my name, John Doe, for
> example, to not be seen in this directory. Can you
> please tell me how I can go about changing this issue and
> resolving this problem. Can you please email a response
> back at so I can follow your
> directions. Thank you.